Alex Wild<p>When I have my military parade, it’s gonna be lit. It’s gonna be army ants for days. The biggest soldier ants you’ve ever seen.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/armyants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armyants</span></a></p>
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Alex Wild<p>An Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. Ecuador.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>A gallery of Eciton, the most famous of the neotropical army ants.</p><p><a href="https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Eciton" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonom</span><span class="invisible">ic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Eciton</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArmyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyAnts</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>In an Ecuadorian cloud forest, army ants (Eciton mexicanum) subdue a Neoponera huntress they have caught. Most army ants are rather specialized predators of other ants.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArmyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyAnts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>In spite of their fierce reputation, army ants mostly prey on other social insects. Here, Eciton mexicanum workers pin down a Neoponera huntress ant in an Ecuadorian cloud forest. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArmyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyAnts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an army ant (Eciton rapax) carries plundered brood of another ant species back to its bivouac.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rainforests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rainforests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>An Eciton burchellii army ant worker plugs a “pothole” in the ants’ path with her body. Note how her nestmates use her as a stepping stone. Ecuador.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArmyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyAnts</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>Most army ant species are specialist predators on other social insects. Eciton mexicanum targets ponerine huntress ants such as this Neoponera. Mindo, Ecuador.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArmyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyAnts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eciton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eciton</span></a></p>
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